The College of Pharmacy recently received two gifts
totaling
$120,000.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. has given $100,000 to
the College to
establish a Dean's Endowment Discretionary
Fund.

Kenneth Weg, pharmaceutical group president at the company,
said
the gift was given "in appreciation of the Bristol-Myers
Squibb
employees who have graduated from the College of Pharmacy."
The
company employs 20 of the College's graduates in scientific
research,
product development, clinical testing, sales,
marketing,
communications and management.

Ara G. Paul, dean of the
College, called the donation a vote of
confidence in the University. "The
vision to invest in pharmaceutical
education through this gift attests to
their values," he said.

Income from the endowment fund is
unrestricted and can be used by
the dean for any of the College's needs,
including scholarships,
fellowships, research and teaching.

Meijer
Inc. has pledged $20,000 to establish a scholarship fund to
help support
students studying for a doctor of pharmacy degree.

"This gift will
help the College maintain the standards which have
consistently placed it
among the premier pharmacy schools in the
country, producing outstanding
graduates and innovative research for
the advancement of the pharmacy
profession," Paul said.

Each year, several of the University's
Pharm.D. students complete
part of their professional training at Meijer
pharmacies in
southeastern Michigan, under the guidance of U-M clinical
pharmacy
faculty.

Fourteen graduates of the College of Pharmacy
work for Meijer as
pharmacists, pharmacy managers or
buyer-merchandisers.

The Meijer gift consists of two parts---a
pledge of $15,000 to be
paid over a five-year period for an endowed
scholarship fund for
pharmacy students, and $1,000 per year for five years
for immediate
student support.

The donations by Bristol-Myers
Squibb and Meijer move the College
closer to its $15.7 million goal in the
University's $1 billion
Campaign for
Michigan.